>> Is there a way of doing this (preferably remotely) without unmounting the >> filesystem (like the new version of Norton Ghost is able to do in >> Windows)? > > A backup is easily done with dd, for example: > dd if=/dev/sda1 bs=1M | gzip -c9 > /media/usbdrive/sda1.bin.gz > > When restoring you might run into some discontinuities with files which > were open during the backup, but as long as these are logfiles, it > shouldn't be a big problem. Just make sure you closed all importand files > (if any) before backing up this way. > Thanks for the speedy answer. I have a feeling that /etc/mtab gave some problems with this approach. Has anybody tried this?
The advantage of gzip is that the files can be easily browsed with a Windows machine (which make up most of our office computers). Its also easy for people with limited knowledge to understand!! Is there any advantage to using dump? I noticed on the FreeBSD docs that they recommended it for mirroring a hard drive. I've never used it before. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
